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GERALD DAVID BOYD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 6, 1945 – June 21, 1967
Service recordGerald David Boyd, of Willimantic, Connecticut, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 31
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Willimantic, Connecticut (Windham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 31
- JAMES WALTER JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · June 21, 1967
- THOMAS ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · June 21, 1967
- WELLINGTON M JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- GARY LYLE KENAGAPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARDS CAMPBELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 28
- DEAN DENNIS CRANESpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 29
- ROBERT JOSEPH DOUGHERTYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 29
- MORRIS DOMINIQUE GAGNONStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 30
- CARMEL BERNON HARVEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 30
- THOMAS ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 31
- WELLINGTON M JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 31
- GARY LYLE KENAGAPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 31
- EDGAR LEE MCWETHY JRSpecialist Five · Panel 22E, Line 32
- RICHARD GENE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 32
- HOWARD ARNOLD SESSOMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 34
- WILLIAM PETER WAGNER IIISecond Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 34
- BILLY JOE WATKINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 35
- FRANK JOSEPH COSTANTINI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 113
From Willimantic
- JOHN FRANCIS SHEAPrivate First Class · March 9, 1964
- WILLIAM F COVEY JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- HENRY WILFRED BERNARD JRLance Corporal · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT E HOPKINSSergeant · February 4, 1968
- HARRY ELSWORTH BLACKStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.